—¿No hay medio de llegar al Atlántico por via fluvial?
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

He always sat in a particular corner, on a particular stool, which was called ‘Dick’, after him; here he would sit, with his grey head bent forward, attentively listening to whatever might be going on, with a profound veneration for the learning he had never been able to acquire.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

This period varies from three months to two years.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

I have seen a scalpel with a blade similar to Pl. V, fig.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President; and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President; and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;—The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;—The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Down this new opening the eye cannot penetrate very far; for the stream, accompanied by the wall, still bends to the left, until both are swallowed up by the leaves.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

She already enjoyed a sufficiency of all that my aunt possessed, in the knowledge that the wealth of the mistress automatically ennobled and glorified the maid in the eyes of the world; and that she herself was conspicuous and worthy to be praised throughout Combray, Jouy-le-Vicomte, and other cities of men, on account of my aunt's many farms, her frequent and prolonged visits from the Curé, and the astonishing number of bottles of Vichy water which she consumed.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Pain, 287 Parturition, 231 Pathology, relation to Physiology, 189 , 287 Peasants, 87 Perch ( v. Fish ) Peripatetic (Aristotelian) School, 139 Peristalsis (contraction and dilatation), 97 , 243 , 263 Peritoneum, 53 Phidias, 129 Philistion, 173 Philotimus, 183 Phlegm, 67 , 201 , 215 Phlegmatic temperament, 193 “Physiology,” 139 Piles, 171 Plant-life, 3 Plato, 173 , 203 , 215 Plethora (congestion), 119 Pneuma (as a vital principle), 153 ; (as oxygen), 187 Poisons, action of, 251 Porch, the (Stoic School), 145 “Pores” ( v. Channels ) Portal vein, 147 Potter’s earth, 213 Practitioner, 197 Praxagoras, 51 Praxiteles, 129 “Preformationist” doctrine of Anaxagoras, p. 7, Note 5 Presentation (prosthesis) of nutriment to tissues, 39 Prevention and Cure, 169 Principles, the four fundamental ( v. Qualities ) Prodicus, 201 Prolapse of uterus, 235 Propulsive faculty, 231 Prosphysis ( v. Adhesion ) Prosthesis ( v. Presentation ) Psyche, 3 , 153 Psychology, repudiation of, by Atomist School, 45 Pulmonary artery, 121 Pylorus (outlet of stomach), 239 regurgitation through, 289 Pyrrhonists (typical sceptics), 197 Qualities, the four fundamental, 9 , 183 , 259 derivative, 21 Relativity, 17 Renal veins, 107 Respiration, 175 , 305 Retentive faculty, 225 Rhetoric, 97 Safflower (drug), 67 Saliva, action of, 253 Scammony (drug), 67 Schools, two contrasted, in Medicine, 45 Scientist, 197 Scorpions, 253 Sculpture, 129 Sectarianism, 55 Sects, medical ( v. Schools ) Self-control, 47 Self-education, 279 Semen, 131 , 233 Sensation, 47 Septum, perforated, between ventricles of heart, 321 Serum (watery part of blood or milk), 91 , 213 Shaping (development of organs), 19 Sieves, 91 Skin-diseases, 253 ( v. also Leprosy and Lichens ) Slaves, 103 Sociability, 47 Sophistry, 219 , 279 Sophists, 7 Soul, 45 Specific selection of nutriment by tissues ( v. Attraction, physiological ) Spermatic ducts, 57 Spirit ( v. Pneuma ) Spleen, function and diseases of, 205 “uselessness” of, 143 as an emunctory of the liver, 277 Statues, 129 Sting-ray (fish), bite of, 85 Stoics, 15 , 145 Pg 339 Stomach, function of, 197 , 237 , 251 , 255 coats of, 261 independent habits of, 271 give-and-take between it and liver, 291 Stone in bladder, 51 Strength, relative, of different organs, 293 Substance, 9 Superfluities (waste-substances), 35 , 291 Swallowing ( v. Deglutition ) Symptoms, 13 Synapse, 147 Teeth, 253 Temperament (crasis, mixture of elementary principles), 15 , 139 , 193 Temperance, 47 Theophrastus, 139 Thorns, drugs for extracting, 83 Tissues, development of, 21 their action in producing humours, 179 , 195 Trachea (windpipe), 305 Transference (passive motion), 7 Transpiration, 153 Treatment, principles of, 199 Tricuspid orifice of heart, 321 Tubes, rigid, 119 , 317 , 325 Unity of organism, 61 Ureters, 23 , 51 Urine, 51 “Useless” organs (Erasistratus), 143 Uterus (womb), 227 Vacuum, tendency to refill ( v. Horror vacui )
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

we gave to each Chief a Meadel of the Small Size a red Silk handkerchief, arm band, Knife & a piece of Paint, and acknowledged them as chiefs; as we thought it necessary at this time to treat those people verry friendly & ingratiate our Selves with them, to insure us a kind & friendly reception on our return, we gave Small presents to Several, and half a Deer to them to eate.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The figures of three of these ( Pl. V, figs.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

Being left that way all at loose ends as to my reckoning, with no means of finding out where I was nor whether my position changed for the better from day to day, the hopes that I had been building of drifting northward and so falling in with a passing vessel fell down in a bunch and left me miserable.
— from In the Sargasso Sea A Novel by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

Probably very few tourists of the annual thousands who visit Chamonix are ever sufficiently adventurous to shoulder pack, or rucksack , and thus desert the broad valley of the Avre, with its rather obvious graces, for the shy and retiring loveliness of the valley of the Giffre.
— from The Lake of Geneva by Joseph E. (Joseph Ernest) Morris

(Plate VI ., fig.
— from New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-Lepidoptera) by G. V. (George Vernon) Hudson

They started on seeing me, and were a little confused, but soon laughed over their adventure; called Penelope to take her turn at the counter—the little serf whispered to me as she passed, that I was 'a traitor, a barbarian,' and insisted on treating me to my coffee and my petit verre , free, gratis, for nothing.
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 by Various

Education expenditures: 17.8% of GDP (2002) country comparison to the world: 1 Government ::Kiribati Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Kiribati conventional short form: Kiribati local long form: Republic of Kiribati local short form: Kiribati note: pronounced keer-ree-bahss former: Gilbert Islands Government type: republic Capital: name: Tarawa geographic coordinates: 1 19 N, 172 58 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Administrative divisions: 3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - in addition, there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina) Independence: 12 July 1979 (from the UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 12 July (1979) Constitution: 12 July 1979 Legal system: English common law supplemented by local, customary law Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Anote TONG (since 10 July 2003); Vice President Teima ONORIO; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Anote TONG (since 10 July 2003); Vice President Teima ONORIO cabinet: 12-member cabinet appointed by the president from among the members of the House of Parliament elections: the House of Parliament chooses the presidential candidates from among its members and then those candidates compete in a general election; president is elected by popular vote for a four-year term (eligible for two more terms); election last held 17 October 2007 (next to be held in 2011); vice president appointed by the president election results: Anote TONG 63.7%, Nabuti MWEMWENIKARAWA 32.9% Legislative branch: unicameral House of Parliament or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (46 seats; 44 members elected by popular vote, 1 ex officio member - the attorney general, 1 nominated by the Rabi Council of Leaders (representing Banaba Island); serve four-year terms) elections: legislative elections were held in two rounds - the first round on 22 August 2007 and the second round on 30 August 2007 (next to be held in 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA, other 2 (includes attorney general)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Primo , Victor Field is a guest at the Wohenhoffens’ ball.”
— from Comedies and Errors by Henry Harland

_#_Political parties and leaders: Rally for the Republic (RPR), Francois MAS; Union for French Democracy (UDF), Gilbert GERARD; Communist Party of Reunion (PCR), Paul VERGES; France-Reunion Future (FRA), Andre THIEN AH KOON; Socialist Party (PS), Jean-Claude FRUTEAU; Social Democrats (CDS), other small parties _#_Suffrage: universal at age 18 _#_Elections: General Council—last held March 1986 (next to be held 1992); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(36 total) number of seats by party NA; Regional Council—last held 16 March 1986 (next to be held March 1991); results—RPR/UDF 36.8%, PCR 28.2%, FRA and other right wing 17.3%, PS 14.1%, other 3.6%; seats—(45 total) RPR/UDF 18, PCR 13, FRA and other right wing 8, PS 6; French Senate—last held 24 September 1989 (next to be held September 1992); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(3 total) RPR-UDF 1, PS 1, independent 1; French National Assembly—last held 5 and 12 June 1988 (next to be held June 1993); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(5 total) PCR 2, RPR 1, UDF-CDS 1, FRA 1 _#_Communists: Communist party small but has support among sugarcane cutters, the minuscule Popular Movement for the Liberation of Reunion (MPLR), and in the district of Le Port _#_Member of: FZ, WFTU _#_Diplomatic representation: as an overseas department of France, Reunionese interests are represented in the US by France _#_Flag: the flag of France is used _*
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

“Who taught you?” exclaimed he, as she ended Rosellen’s pretty variations from Don Pasquale, “who taught you?”
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 5, November 1850 by Various